County code permits signs 60 days before the election. This year, with the primary election June 24 and early voting starting June 12, the date signs were allowed to be posted was last weekend.

But sign enforcement is complicated.

There doesn't seem to be any question, legal or otherwise, about candidate signs being posted in the public right-of-way. County and state crews should take down signs that are along the roadway, on telephone poles or located on some other government property.

But for those signs on your neighbor's yard or along Route 40's business corridor, the First Amendment protects this kind of free speech. And, as much as these signs might not be pleasing to the eye, there's not a lot that can be done. Nor should there be.

So, brace yourselves for the signs. And, if you don't like them, remind yourself that they will be gone by Thanksgiving.

The Columbia Association will hold elections on Saturday, April 26. During the elections, Columbia residents who pay the Columbia Association assessed fee can vote in their respective village for their village's representative to the 10-member Columbia Council, which becomes the 10-member Board...

Howard County executive candidates Courtney Watson and Allan Kittleman agreed Tuesday night that this year's election is critically important to the county's future. Where they differed was over whose vision would best serve Howard residents.

With less than two months to go until the general election, Howard County voters have been hearing a lot lately from both county executive candidates. Early this week, each campaign released a new TV ad.